THE BODY of Bourda Market grocer vendor and father of four, Karamchan Jagasar, 41, of Second Street Alberttown, Georgetown and of Lot 40 Williamsburg, Corentyne, Berbice, was discovered motionless just outside the Satesh Liquor Bar at Port Mourant, Corentyne.A police press release said that at about 01:10 hrs on Monday, March 16, Karamchan Jagasar was involved in an argument with another man in a bar at Port Mourant, during which he was stabbed to his chest. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Port Mourant Hospital.

His mother, Elizabeth Narine, said she was aroused from sleep by a sibling, who related that her son had been involved in an argument and had sustained a stab wound in the region of his abdomen.

She and the family member went to the scene of the altercation intending to take the injured man for medical attention, “but the area was a bit dark, and I did not notice that it was him lying on the ground. I passed the spot he was lying. I did not realised that he had died,” she lamented.

“He came from Georgetown. He went to look after his passport, and then he went to Bush Lot (Corentyne), where there was horse racing…. He then went with some friends, and they were drinking…. He (doesn’t) really drink to get drunk,” she said.

While the grieving mother of six could not tell what may have triggered the incident, she expressed regret at not being allowed to see her son before his body was taken away.

“The police picked him up, and they did not allow me to see him. They carried him to the hospital, then the mortuary,” the grieving woman lamented

Sister-in-law of the deceased, Mrs. Ameena Mohammed, revealed that her brother-in-law had his stomach slashed open and his entrails were exposed. She disclosed that a misunderstanding over money led to the fatal stabbing.

This newspaper understands that a man who was wanted by the police has since been detained.

Meanwhile, the proprietor of Satesh Bar has said he was in the process of closing his business when the incident occurred just outside his business place. He was informed that someone was stabbed, but did not identify the person or the perpetrators.

Karamchan Jagasar leaves to mourn his siblings and other relatives.
Investigations are continuing.

(By Jeune Bailey-VanKeric)